A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court of India, seeking direction to the Election Commission to ensure the safety and security of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the post polling period, reported Livelaw.in.
The petition was filed by Advocate M Srinivasan, President of Tamil Nadhi Annual Ambedkar Law Association, in the backdrop of concerns by Opposition parties regarding the possibility of tampering and malfunctioning of EVMs post the first phase of polling of the Lok Sabha elections.
The PIL also referred to a letter written by 66 former bureaucrats and ambassadors to the President of India questioning the conduct of the poll body, the Livelaw.in report said.
“The only statutory and administrative check available to protect and preserve the confidence in the EVM’S was (sic) in the hands of Election Commission of India but what is the ground reality is the very impartial functioning of Election Commission of India is at stake.”The petition to the SC
The petitioner was concerned about the possibility of tampering since there is a long gap beteween the polling and the counting date.
(With inputs from Livelaw.in.)
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